Phonegap

Martin de KeijzerCode Motion Berlin - May 11, 2013 - Germany

Native Javascript apps with

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Introduction

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About me

Martin de KeijzerDutch web developer

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@Martin1982

PHPBenelux Board Member

Working for Ibuildings

http://www.martindekeijzer.nl

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What is PhoneGap?

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What is PhoneGap

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A way to wrap you HTML app as a native application.

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What is PhoneGap

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A way to bridge ‘Native’ functionality to a Javascript API

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Mission

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PhoneGap’s mission is for PhoneGap to cease to exist!

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WTF?!?!?Cordova, PhoneGap

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PhoneGap Pre-Adobe

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by

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PhoneGap acquisistion by Adobe

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Acquired byDonated to

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Acquisition by Adobe

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“PhoneGap” “Callback”“Cordova”

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PhoneGap now

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Where changes get committed

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PhoneGap now

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PhoneGap releases, still identical to Apache Cordova

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In conclusion

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You’ll use PhoneGap!

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Getting ready for lift-offInstalling PhoneGap

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Getting PhoneGap

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http://phonegap.com/download/

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Lib is where the magic lives

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“lib” contains all supported platforms.... and a

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ CLI tool ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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XCode Command Line Tools

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Creating your first project

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$ ./path/to/cordova-ios/bin/create

/path/to/my_new_cordova_project

com.example.cordova_project_name

CordovaProjectName

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Creating your first project

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XCode Project

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The app

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First Run

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Ready for action

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Always use the “www” folder & always assume yourapp is running from a filesystem instead of a web server!

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Let’s take it easyPhoneGap build

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Creating builds using XCode

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The pain:Running updates and checking requirements over

and over again!

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Creating builds using XCode

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PhoneGap build to the rescue!

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http://build.phonegap.com

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PhoneGap build in a nutshell

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Getting started

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OR

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Getting started

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Getting started

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OR

Repository that represents“www”

Zip-file that represents“www”

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Getting started

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The power of PhoneGap Build

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Title

Code

Metadata Test

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Build statusses

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Grey: Still building, be patientBlue-ish: Build succeeded, click to downloadRed: Build error, action required

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Build errors

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Working in teams

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Building like a pro

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config.xmlW3C Widget Specification

https://gist.github.com/Martin1982/5063962

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When the web just doesn’t sufficePlug-ins

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Accelerometer

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Get device movement in an X, Y, Z space.

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Camera & Capture & Media

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Use the device’s library, camera and microphone to work with local audio, video

and images.

<input type="file" accept="image/*" capture="camera">

Don’t forget iOS 6 supports:

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Compass

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API to detect which way a device user is pointing

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Connection

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See if a user is connected and inspect the type of connection:

Wifi, xG, Ethernet

Caution navigator.isOnline is your close friend

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Contacts

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Access the user’s contact list

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Device

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•Name•Cordova version•Platform•UUID•Version•Model

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Events

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Handles application state(deviceready, paused etc)

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File

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Filesystem bridging, based on the W3C File API

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Geolocation

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Caution: Already supported by browsers!

API to get the latitudes and longitudes of the device.

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Globalization

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Currency, language, date time

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InAppBrowser

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The browser opened by window.open()

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Notification

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•Alert•Confirmation•Beep•Vibrate

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Splashscreen

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No matter how beautiful your splash screen is, eventually you’ll need to show and hide it

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Storage

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SQL storage based on the W3C WebSQL specification.

Caution; WebSQL is no longer maintained IndexedDB is the new superhero!

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Why reinvent the wheelUser plugins

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Pick what you want

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QUESTIONS

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mdkeijzer@ibuildings.nl@Martin1982

Thank you for listening

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